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Building a car is a series of milestones that fall in line until the builder is ultimately rewarded with a finished car. One such car-building milestone is paint, but another key moment is getting the car down on all fours and rolling about on its suspension. Our Camaro project Track Rat is no exception. A few months back we stitched a CA Chassisworks four-link arrangement under the back and now it's time to give the same TLC to the front. After having the '68 on a dolly for the last two years it'll be nice to see it rolling on terra firma.
For the front of the Camaro, we will be running a complete subframe from CA Chassisworks. To be precise, it will be their g-Machine subframe. This is a direct bolt-in deal, but that's where any similarity to the stock subframe assembly ends. The suspension itself was designed on a "clean sheet of paper," not just a variation of OEM geometry. Using high-end Pro/Engineer software, the wizards at CA Chassisworks were able to create a current-technology, yet competitively priced, g-Machine front clip. And while the performance of this subframe will be similar to late-model Corvette-based systems, it doesn't force you to run flat-face, high-negative offset wheels. Prices range from just under $4,400 for their "value system" to $6,698 for their "ultimate pro-touring system." But, there are myriad of various options available to tailor the subframe to both your needs and your wallet, so you might want to grab a notepad and hit their website at www.cachassisworks.com.
01. OK, so obviously the main player in the front subframe assembly is the subframe itself. The Chassisworks sub is larger and stronger than other tubular designs on the market. A lot of this is due to the massive 3x4-inch subframe structure at the critical chassis stiffness area from the front crossmember rearward through the firewall mounts. The design is completely enclosed, which adds strength, and each rail is assembled from four separate 12-gauge sheetmetal panels. The rail panels are CNC laser-cut and, once the contour bends have been made on the fully automated press, the panels are assembled using positioning features. They explained it as a three-dimension puzzle since the rail panels can only be fit together in the absolutely correct shape. Once in place, the four corner seams are welded with a continuous bead to completely bond the joint. The welds are so nice that even though they will sand them smooth (for $375), we recommend you spend that money on some open track days.
02. Installing the frame under the car was as straightforward as stuffing a stock frame under there. This is in large part due to the alignment holes, which duplicate the factory arrangement. Chassisworks also supplies a pair of CNC-machined alignment pins for even greater accuracy. Once both pins were in place, we simply tightened down the bolts through our aluminum body bushings (PN 6816). They do offer urethane bushings for those who want to cut down on transmitted vibration a bit, but we sort of like it.
03. According to Chassisworks, their lower A-arms are the strongest and most rigid pieces out there. The TIG-welded arms feature 1.25x0.156-inch wall steel tubing and 1x0.156-inch wall, multi-plane triangulated crossbraces. The CNC-machined weld eyes create a stable bushing housing that inserts into each arm tube and gradually tapers to match the outer tubing diameter. This eliminates fatigue points normally found in other "T"-style tubular bushing-housing joints. The geometry offsets the ball joint forward to improve static positive caster. It also places the shock very close to the spindle in a dropped position for better control. The lower pivot points are spread broadly apart, increasing performance while eliminating the need for secondary strut rods.
04. The lower arm was then secured to the subframe using the unique pivot-stud hardware. This specially designed Allen-drive, beveled-head pivot stud threads directly into the g-Machine crossmember. The fasteners feature a thread-free ¾-inch shank for maximum shear strength and have a broad bearing contact surface that reduces wear. There's also a shoulder on the bolt that ensures the correct amount of bearing preload. The arm is further secured using oval-point set screws. Also, you can see one of the rack mounts (red arrow) that uses Chassisworks' interlocking-slot-tab technology. Self-fixturing female slots in the frame are used to properly locate mounts, which employ corresponding male tabs. They are then fused together using a spray-arc welding process.
05. The upper arms may not look strong, but they are. Constructed from mandrel-bent 1x0.156-inch wall steel tubing, with 0.875x0.156-inch wall crossbraces, they are TIG-welded into a triangulated design that is strong and allows for plenty of shock clearance. With the aid of a fixture, the tubes are seated into recessed faces along the ball joint housing to create an interlocking fit. On the geometry side, the arm provides positive caster upon installation by offsetting the ball joint rearward. The pivot bearings are self-lubricated and require little maintenance thanks to minimal linear resistance and zero deflection. And if they do wear, the arms are easily rebuildable.
06. The use of CNC-machined billet steel allows Chassisworks to create A-arm mounts with specific areas of increased thickness for added strength. The fixed-axis pivot-pin design eliminates the possibility of shifting pivot shafts, has greater shear strength, and increases bending resistance. The increased rigidity of the design keeps the arm in place, making the car's handling predictable. You can see the one-piece clevis shock mounts that have an integrated gusset resulting in a great-looking, and more importantly, stronger mount that won't fail over time.
07. Chassisworks' g-Machine sculpted two-piece spindles feature a 2-inch-dropped ride height, but are taller than commonly used OEM spindles. This provides a lower center of gravity and quicker camber curve for improved cornering traction. Made from high-strength ductile iron (and cast for Chassisworks by a foundry with over 50 years of experience) the spindle yields an excellent strength-to-weight ratio. They also used finite element analysis (FEA) software to eliminate stress concentrations for even more durability under hard use. The spindle axles are machined from special high-strength alloy steel (tensile of 150,000 psi), then inserted into the machined upright forming a shrink-fit pressed assembly.
08. Most subframes utilize some sort of reworked OEM rack-and-pinion, but Chassisworks makes their own. This way they are able to dial-in the front suspension geometry by ensuring the correct hub-to-hub width. The rack is mounted forward of the axle centerline (i.e., front steer) for more oil pan clearance, and the rack can rotate to help eliminate a sharp universal-joint angle and offer a bit more exhaust clearance. The rack is held to the frame by using interlocking billet mounts that won't flex under hard cornering.
09. One of the option boxes we ticked was for Chassisworks' bumpsteer kit. This replaced the outer tie-rod with an adjustable billet steel sleeve and high-strength, Teflon-lined 4130 rod end. The tapered Grade 8 stud, along with a selection of shims, will let us vertically adjust the outer pivot point at the steering arms and correct any unwanted toe-in changes during suspension travel. With this kit there should be virtually zero bumpsteer in 6 inches of suspension travel.
10. Our subframe was one of the first offered with Chassisworks' new splined sway bar option. It's a 33-inch long, 1.25-inch OD gun-drilled bar, and we were pretty impressed with the bar and the hardware, especially the zinc-plated billet steel lever arms, which incorporates multiple endlink mounting holes. Teflon race, spherical-bearing endlink assemblies create deflection-free pivot points and help the bar react quicker and be more predictable. Endlink length is also adjustable to eliminate static preload.
11. The bar was mounted to the frame with billet aluminum bearing housings and 3⁄8-inch socket-head bolts. The low-friction bearings will allow the bar to pivot freely without introducing off-axis free play.
12. The billet aluminum hat and hub assembly helps to reduce weight and allow the individual components to be replaced if they become worn or damaged. The kit also included tapered Timken wheel bearings and ½x3-inch wheel studs.
13. To the Chassisworks' hats we secured the Wilwood 14-inch rotors using the supplied 12-point Grade 8 fasteners. The 1.25-inch thick rotors are directional-vaned, slotted, and finished in Wilwood's black e-coat. To create more surface area and maximize cooling, 36 individual "I"-shaped passages are cast internally into the rotor. The passages are also curved to increase airflow compared to standard straight vented rotor designs.
14. Once Track Rat is ready to hit the road, we'll install these double-adjustable VariShock QuickSet-2 coilovers. They feature sophisticated shock valving with all-new, American-made components. One knob sets bump (compression) while the other sets rebound (extension). Internally, they have Deflective Disk Valving to eliminate spring fatigue, and the piston rods are made from 5⁄8-inch centerless-ground, hard-chrome steel. The design of the lower ring doesn't require a lock nut; instead two ball locks that press into the grooves on the reservoir body lock it in place. Our starting point for testing will be the 2.5-inch ID, 9-inch-long 550-pound VariSprings.
15. The Chassisworks spindles utilize a radial-mount caliper, so the first step in getting the caliper in place was bolting the billet mount to the spindle.
16. Using the supplied shims, we got the Wilwood W6A radial-mount six-piston calipers centered on the rotors. We then used more shims to get the edge of the pad lined up with the edge of the rotor. Once lined up perfectly, we installed the BP20 pads and secured the bridge bolts.
17. With the actual subframe assembled we were able to check out some of the other features. One that really caught our attention was the super nice billet engine mounts. Most subframes we've seen use a two-part deal with an adapter plate bolted to the engine block, and typically a small-block mount to the frame. It works, but the Chassisworks' deal is nicer. For easier engine installation, the passenger-side mount on the frame used slightly oversized slots to account for minor chassis variances. Chassisworks' subframes also allow for the use of small- or big-block motor plates and mid plates in addition to standard side-mount brackets.


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The saying, "You are what you eat," takes on new meaning in the Energy Factory. Every living thing must take in energy to survive, and that energy comes from food. But living things come in two categories: those that make their own food and those that go out and eat it. Explore these exhibits and discover who does what.
Exhibit Highlights
Digestion Diner
See a real human digestive tract! Laugh at the sounds we make when we digest food, and learn about food's long journey through our body.
Eating Like an Animal
Check out the table manners of all kinds of animals, from whales to termites.
Dealing with Heat
Use thermal imaging to see the difference between a cold-blooded lizard and a warm-blooded rat, or turn the camera on yourself to see the heat.

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The Cubs take on the Diamondbacks today, Jeff Samardzija will get the start and we will hopefully see the longest start of the Spring. MLB.com has a free webcast of today's game with Len Kasper handling the broadcast (audio only) beginning at 3:10 PM CST. Here is how the Cubs will get things started, the ever exciting Javy Baez gets the start at shortstop today.
DeJesus CF
Barney 2B
Schierholtz RF
Soriano LF
Valbuena 3B
Castillo C
Baez SS
Clevenger 1B
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I received the following email from a reader concerning the Consecration of Springfield Bishop Johnston today (that's his coat of arms above):
I hope you either had a chance to watch, or will be able to watch, the
ordination today in Springfield. (it's supposed to be available on the
diocesan website for the next month -
It was beautiful and your Archbishop Burke did a fantastic job and
gave Bishop Johnston a wonderful and challenging homily on what it
means to be a Bishop. More than just the words, it was backed up by
the real life actions of a loving shepherd who has taken on this
challenge with humility and charity. Bishop Johnston, in his closing
address, even mentioned that it was the most beautiful homily he'd
ever heard.
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Much of the music that our quintet played was inspired by and/or derived from the Paul Horn Quintet. Although it was was formed in 1959, our quintet didn't catch-up to Paul's group until 1961 when it started to make a regular mid-week gig at Shelly's Manne Hole in Hollywood. Once we did hear Paul's group, it's music was to make a huge and lasting impression on us.
The original group consisted of Paul Horn [alto sax/flute], Emil Richards [vibes], Paul Moer [piano], Jimmy Bond [bass] and Billy Higgins [drums], although by the time it made the gig at Shelly's, Billy Higgins was in New York making all of those wonderful Blue Note recordings and Milt Turner had replaced him as the drummer.
The quintet that I performed with at the Lighthouse 1962 Intercollegiate Jazz Festival had the same instrumentation as Paul Horn's 5Tet except that guitar replaced vibes.
By 1962, nearly every Jazz fan had become familiar with the modal Jazz played by the Miles Davis Sextet in the Kind of Blue album,
and with "unusual" time signatures immortalized by the Dave Brubeck Quartet's
What made the Paul Horn Quintet particularly appealing to our us was that it was playing modal Jazz in combination with unusual time signatures, just the thing to peak the musical interest of 5 young lads ranging in ages from 18-22.
[For more on modal Jazz go here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_jazz and for unusual or complex time signatures go here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature].
So there we were for almost a year, spending our Wednesday nights [or was it Thursdays?] straddling chairs with their backs turned toward the stage, nursing Coca Colas for over four hours while we soaked in this wonderfully different music. On many nights, the five of us made up half the crowd at the opening set and the entire crowd by the closing set!
Of course, none of these tunes were available as published music so we had to memorize them and later notate them, correcting any flaws through subsequent listening at the club.
To their credit, both Paul's and Emil, who composed all of the group's original music, were extremely helpful in helping us correct mistakes and in explaining alternatives to or extensions in the music.
And they couldn't have been nicer about often times stopping at our table when a set had concluded to answer any questions before going out for a smoke or to visit the den of metabolic transmigration. Sometimes there were so many questions that they didn't get treated to a break between sets. I guess our enthusiasm and energy was contagious and they were pleased to be with others who shared their musical interests.
We listen to this music so often that thinking and playing modal Jazz in complex time signatures became almost second-nature to us and by the time of our 1962 performances at the Lighthouse Intercollegiate Jazz Festival no one had to count the unusual time signatures - we just felt them!
Count Your Change became for us a blues in 4/4 time for the first 8 bars of the theme followed by six measures in 5/4 time concluding with two measures again in 4/4; I mean, your basic 16 bar blues, right!?
Or how about Half and Half with its two introductions, the first centered around the piano and bass improvising on two chords and the second introduction consisting of a 12-bar section in 6/8 time with the tune breaking down into three phrases: [1] the first 12-bar phrase in 4/4 and is made up of 8 bars of ensemble or horn solo and 4 bars of drum solo, [2] an 8-bar phrase in 6/8 and [3] a final 8-bars in 4/4.
I particularly liked this one because as the drummer I got to finish the last four bars of every one's solo in the first 12-bar phrase. :)
By the time we started playing Paul Moer's Fun Time it was imperative that we "felt" the time instead of having to count it as the measures in the choruses run 3/4,3/4,/5/4 [repeated 4 times] followed by a chorus of 5/4,5/4,3/4,3/4.5/4!
I could continue with many more of these musical roller coaster rides contained in the quintet's musical repertoire, but I hope you get the idea from these brief descriptions about how intriguing and adventurous this music was and how proud we felt to be able to accomplish it.
The Paul Horn Quintet will always have a special place in my heart for making this musical journey possible in my life.
I think perhaps the uniqueness of the music that our group featured at the 1962 Lighthouse Intercollegiate Jazz Festival may have played a major role in our wining the competition both as a group and on all of our individual instruments, respectively; another reason for us to be indebted to the Paul Horn Quintet.
Much of this wonderful and intriguing music is preserved on the Collectibles two-fer CD that includes the Columbia albums "Profile of a Jazz Musician" and "The Sound of Paul Horn" [Collectibles COL-CD-7531, Sony AZ 61328] and "Something Blue" [hifijazz J-615 reissued on CD as OJCCD 1778-2].
If you wish to know more about the technical elements involved in each tune, Leonard Feather does an admirable job of describing them in the insert notes to the Columbia/Collectible albums as does Gene Lees in the insert notes to the hifijazz album. You can also located more about the Paul Horn Quintet beginning on page 204 of Robert Gordon's fine book, Jazz West Coast [London: Quartet Books, 1986].
Incidentally, the Paul Horn Quintet featuring Emil Richards on vibes staged a reunion at The Los Angeles Jazz Institute's "Jazz West Coast 3" held on October 2, 2005 [for more about the LA Jazz Institute go here - http://www.lajazzinstitute.org/].
Mike Lang [piano], John Belzaguy [bass] and Joe Porcaro [drums] made up the rhythm section and two of the tunes they played were none other than Count Your Change and Half and Half.


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that's funny! even better since we as Pack fans have not had to deal with that much over the past two decades.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Not quite Harmonium
Is Naxos product mediocre? 84% of the Overgrown Path readers who voted in the recent poll (and the response was the biggest ever) said no. Which will come as no surprise to anyone other than John Adams. Talking of which, above is the first recording of John Adams' music that I ever bought. It is the 1984 ECM recording of Harmonium made by Edo de Waart and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Yes, that is a vinyl LP, strange how things go full circle.
The credits for that ECM LP tell an interesting story. The recording was made in Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. John Newton was the engineer, and mixing and editing is credited to Martin Wieland, Manfred Eicher and John Adams at the Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg. ECM founder Manfred Eicher did not travel from Germany to San Francisco for the sessions, a decision that was not taken well by the ambitious young composer. This precipitated John Adams' move to the American Nonesuch label, where he remains twenty-five years later.
Nonesuch was started in 1964 by Jac Holzman, who had previously founded Elektra Records in 1950. His vision for Nonesuch was to make classical music records available to college students with tight budgets. In the early days this meant licensing recordings from European classical labels and selling them at the budget price of $2.50. This classical repertoire was supplemented by the pioneering Nonesuch Explorer Series of world music in 1967, a series which has recently been re-issued on CD. Jazz was added to the catalogue from 1984. The label had some remarkable successes with niche releases, including George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children which sold more than 70,000 units, in a performance by the Contemporary Classical Ensemble (CCE) and featured mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani.
Nonesuch was bought by a predecessor of Warner Communications in 1970, and three years later Holzman took on other responsibilities within the group. In 1983 Robert Hurwitz joined Nonesuch from the position of head of ECM America. Nonesuch continues as a label within Time Warner and still carries Hurwitz's imprint. Its artists today include, as well as John Adams (who has an exclusive contract with them), Richard Goode, the Kronos Quartet, Steve Reich (also exclusive), Dawn Upshaw and Brad Mehldau.
At this point the overgrown path crosses the Atlantic. Nonesuch is also the alternative spelling for Nonsuch Palace, the legendary royal residence built by Henry VIII at Ewell in Surrey, England. Glyn County Grammar School in Ewell has two famous alumni with musical connections. One was David Hemmings, with whom Benjamin Britten had a champagne moment. The other was Barry Wordsworth, a (rare) conductor with integrity. One of the school's many other pupils was me. Which takes this overgrown path goes full circle. It has been speculated that Nonsuch Palace was the venue for the first performance of Thomas Tallis' sublime 40 part motet Spem in alium. Now playing is the Kronos Quartet transcription of that masterpiece, recorded on … Nonesuch.
What do the following posts have in common? Look no hands, This man is dangerous, Dances for peace, and Requiem for Adam? They all feature classic Nonesuch recordings.
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8 comments:
- Pliable said...
It is quite confusing that the Kronos Quartet's take on the Tallis motet is on Black Angels, not their CD titles Early Music.
The latter is recommended as well, but does include music by John Cage and Harry Partch!
- 6:41 pm
- Pliable said...
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The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble that recorded Ancient Voices is *not* the college group to which you linked. Arthur Weisberg led the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, a group of New York free-lancers, beginning back at a moment in the '60s when such groups devoted to new music were exceedingly rare. (I believe they may have been the first such ensemble in the United States.) The very high level at which they performed is attested by their numerous recordings on Nonesuch, including works by Rochberg, Wernick, Shifrin, and Wolpe, as well as many others. The personnel included pianist Gil Kalish, a superb collaborative pianist (Jan De Gaetani's longtime accompanist - their Ives recordings have never been bettered) as well as an underrated solo artist, with wonderful Ives and Haydn recordings on Nonesuch. I remember Weisberg giving brilliant performances of works by Carter, Martino and Earle Brown with a student ensemble when I attended Yale's summer program at Norfolk, Conn. in the early 80s.
The story of Nonesuch is incomplete without the name Teresa Sterne.
It was her vision that made Nonesuch such a remarkable label during the 1960s and '70s. Nonesuch remains a valuable enterprise, but it seems a shame that the current management's taste does not encompass more of the kind of composers that were represented on the label during Ms. Sterne's tenure.
On a personal note: I once experienced a memorable elevator ride at Carnegie Hall, riding in the same car with Tracy Sterne and Issac Stern. (no relation.) Ms. Sterne took the opportunity to bring up the apocryphal review of Mr. Stern's violin playing, headlined "No tone left un-Sterned."
There is a wonderful reminiscence by Ms. Sterne of the recording sessions for Ancient Voices, found in the C. F. Peters volume about Crumb, issued in 1986.
The all-night session for Ancient Voices took place not in a studio, but in the unheated, freezing cold ballroom of a New York hotel. Incredible that one of the greatest recordings I know was made under such circumstances.
Why is John Adams the composer you love to hate? A good bit of the Naxos catalog is indeed mediocre - not all, possibly not even the majority. Your question - is the label mediocre? - was insufficiently precise to be meaningful. I don't know the Naxos Adams recordings - maybe they are fine. It is not clear if Adams was referring to Naxos in general, or recordings of his own music on Naxos. At any rate, the Adams recordings on Nonesuch are uniformly excellent, more uniformly than the overall standard at Naxos. As for Adams ' questioning Britten's text settings - I think this is because he is coming from a point of view that emphasizes American vernacular idioms. If American pop is your touchstone, then Pears singing Britten might seem stuffy. I say this as a fan of Pears and Britten.
One last point - if the Nonesuch recording of Ancient Voices sold 70,000 copies, is it accurate to call it a niche recording?
Thanks again for your stimulating writing.
James Primosch
- 11:46 pm
- Pliable said...
James, thanks for correcting me on the identity of the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. When I was researching that piece I had my doubts as to whether I had identified the right group. Once again my readers have filled the story in, and I have removed the incorrect link.
Why is John Adams the composer you love to hate?
Please be assured I do not 'hate' John Adams, or any other composer for that matter. My LP and CD colection has many, many recordings of Adams' music spanning twenty-five years. I have heard, and appreciated, his work many times in the concert hall, and I have written about it numerous times on the blog.
However I do find John Adams' serial pursuit of the sound-byte unhelpful, and I am not afraid to state that view here. The response to the poll, even allowing for alleged 'imprecision', confirms that a surprising number of readers also found his comment about Naxos unhelpful. Which makes the resounding silence elsewhere the more surprising.
- 12:15 am
- Rodney Lister said...
Jac Holzman's history of Electra/Nonesuch, Follow the Music, is a great read.
- 2:29 am
- JMW said...
His comment was not jut unhelpful. It is demonstrably wrong.
- 3:13 pm
- welker said...
I read & enjoy your blog from time to time, but only now do I realise you went to my old school, Glyn Grammar. I was there from '55-62. Who was your music teacher, if I may ask? I'm trying to remember the name of mine, my memory is porous. I had never heard that the Tallis might have been first sung at Nonesuch Palace. You omit to mention that the palace has long gone, I seem to remember a girls' school that my sister went to.
Martin Walker
- 12:24 am
- Pliable said...
Martin, I was at Glyn from 1961-68, so we just overlapped.
My music teacher was 'Charlie' Cleall. I can still remember playing the theme from Z Cars on the descant recorder in his lesson. The girl's went to Roseberry School, which was a suitably safe distance from Glyn.
I found this via Google -
- 9:24 am
- Unknown said...
My guess is that Adams feels burned by the Naxos recording of his I Was Looking at the Ceiling...—it's a problematic work in the one-disc Nonesuch version, but the complete recording released on Naxos (sung with thick German accents) is a truly grand botch. I haven't heard his other recordings on the label, some of which feature some very promising personnel, but I'll bet this is the very disc he had in mind when he dissed Naxos.
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[January 29, 2014]
At the club's Jan. 22 weekly
meeting, Don Jordan was named the Lincoln Rotary Member of the
Quarter for October-December 2013. Jordan is being recognized for
his continued leadership in the club's annual citrus sale. He is the
highest seller each year, in addition to organizing, coordinating
and leading the sales by the other members of the Lincoln Rotary.
He joined the Rushville Rotary Club in March 1969 because it was
a club of fellow business people and it allowed him to get to know
and interact with people with the same interests. He joined the
Lincoln Rotary in January 1975 when he transferred to the Lincoln
Penney's store.
Jordan said his favorite part of Rotary are the projects where
all Rotarians work together to raise funds to further the mission of
the organization to serve others and to place service above self. He
said those projects and their results help all of us prove the
existence of our being.
When he's not at Graue or dealing with Rotary citrus, he enjoys
following the University of Louisville Cardinals (his grandson,
Josh, is the manager of the football team), the St. Louis Cardinals
and the Lincoln Railers boys basketball team. He also enjoys
collecting coins.
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Lincoln Rotary is also recognizing eight members for perfect
attendance during the fourth quarter of 2013: Don Begolka, Doug
DeMay, Phil Gillen, Marcia Greenslate, Don Jordan, Keith Leesman,
Dale Meier and Keith Snyder.
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Join Byrne and Kelly for a very special evening for the premiere of their concert documentary film Echoes: The Story on March 20, 2017 in Kansas City, Missouri at the Alamo Drafthouse. A live Q&A with Neil Byrne, Ryan Kelly and the Director – Michael McGlinn will follow the film.
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Pakistan facilitates Afghan refugees with education, training
KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan refugees' ministry official have said multiple facilities had been provided to Afghan refugees in Pakistan including education and trainings.
Dr. Imran Zaib Khan, in charge of Afghan refugees, said legislation was being made for Afghan refugees which in the past did not existed. He said Afghan refugees would be facilitated when new law is made for them.
He added the repatriation of Afghan refugees was made upon the well of refugees and it was not a matter of force.
He said Pakistan accelerated the registration process of Afghan refugees recently and his government and the Afghan diplomatic mission in Pakistan held major responsibilities in this regard. He added up to 20 centres had been arranged for the registration process.
Earlier, the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR), said, ten thousands illegal Afghan refugees have been registered recently in Pakistan, with another seven hundred thousand illegal refugees to be documented in the coming six months,
The registration process of illegal Afghan migrants kicked off in Pakistan on August 16. Up to 10,000 Afghan migrants had been registered so far, a statement from the ministry said.
It added in the coming six months, 700,000 more Afghan refugees would be documented at 21 registration centres of NADRA with the help of the Afghan government and UNHCR.
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I would like to correct a few misconceptions in Ron Meservey's recent letter about gun control ("Hunters and target shooters don't need assault rifles," Dec. 31).
While the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., was the act of a disturbed individual, and I do not condone such behavior by anyone, the fact that politicians are once again crying for more gun laws is not the answer to this problem.
This country has more gun laws than it knows what to do with. What we need is not gun control but control of criminals and crime.
Why do we blame crimes such as this on inanimate objects? The blame should properly be put on the person. If people like the elementary school shooter were prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law rather than have their charges plea bargained down to result in less prison time, maybe we could get a handle on crime in this country.
Mr. Meservey misses the point when it comes to the Second Amendment and the Founding Fathers' intent in including it in the Bill of Rights. I take offense when people start telling me that some portion of the Constitution they don't feel comfortable with should be repealed.
The whole reason this amendment was included in the Constitution was to give citizens a way of holding an overreaching government to account. The Second Amendment cements all the other rights and privileges that we enjoy in this country.
A lot of good people have given their lives to protect and defend our Constitution. Let's not dishonor their memory by simply throwing away the parts we feel are no longer valid.
If people want to kill each other they will find a way to do so, if not with a gun, then by some other means. Do not penalize those of us who use our guns for legitimate and legal purposes. We are not the problem.
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K-Love Fan Awards reveal 2014 nominees, return to Nashville
Nashville Christian music stars TobyMac, Mandisa and Matthew West are among the artists up for top honors at the 2014 K-Love Fan Awards, which will return to Nashville on June 1 at the Grand Ole Opry House.
The second annual fan-voted awards show - presented by Christian radio network K-LOVE - revealed this years nominees Tuesday monring. Starting May 1, fans can vote for their favorites in eight categories at www.klove.com.
Tickets to the June 1 awards show at the Grand Ole Opry House are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com. More than 40 Christian artists, including Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant and Steven Curtis Chapman, are set to appear.
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For my professional activities, I have to take a lot of hand notes during meeetings with customers. I have to reprocess the notes afterward into protocol or minutes and most of the time my notes not only contain text but also sketches or diagrams.
I tried to use mind map tool or word processing software to take my notes, but I don't like to have my laptop open between me and my customer. I would like to use an iPad with a dedicated pen and software (with hand writting recognition). My colleague use a Lenovo tablet, which I find is way too thick to confortably write on a table.
My questions are not related to the software / pen, but on the handling and usability of the iPad solution:
- Who is using an iPad daily for taking hand notes and sketches? If yes, what are the inconvenience?
- Is it possible to work paper free?
- What are the reasons why this tool cannot be used for taking notes?
- What about the comfort compared to a sheet of paper and a real pen when taking notes during a 2 hours meeting?


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Back in December, CERN physicists announced that they had probably spotted the long-awaited Higgs boson - at least, there was a 99.7% chance that they had. Now they've examined the data again, and it's looking even better for the Higgs.
Top image: Lightmash on Flickr.
The December results came from the Large Hadron Collider's two independent experiments, ATLAS and CMS. While both potential sightings were promising, neither met the accepted standard for an actual discovery, which is known as a 5-sigma result. A 5-sigma result means there's only about a 1 in a million chance that the finding is the result of error or random fluctuation in the data.
All the individual results hovered around the 2-sigma level, which together combined for a joint 3-sigma result. That meant there was only a 0.3% chance the results were in error. That's impressive, but it's well short of 1 in a million. Well, we can now close that gap quite a bit, as physicists on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) have reexamined their original results and upgraded their Higgs signal from 2.5-sigma to 3.1-sigma.
When combined with the ATLAS results, that gets us all the way to 4.3-sigma, which means there's a 99.996% of the Higgs really being there in the data. That's still short of the 5-sigma standard, but it's a lot closer than where we thought we were in December. With the Large Hadron Collider due to go back online this spring, there's a very real chance that 2012 could end up being the year of the Higgs.
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The Saarland Museum in Saarbrücken covers a broad span of history from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Since opening as a local history museum and contemporary art gallery in the 1920s, the museum has amassed a highly regarded set of collections. These collections are distributed between the museum in the palace church, the Old Collection and the Modern Gallery with its outstanding works from the 19th to 21st century. Regular exhibitions of classical and contemporary art are also held here.
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Jon Cardin forms exploratory committee for AG run
Sen. Ben Cardin's nephew joined House of Delegates in 2003
The nephew of Democratic U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin has launched an exploratory committee to consider running for Maryland attorney general in 2014.
Jon Cardin, a lawyer and Democratic state lawmaker, announced the committee's formation Monday. He joined the state House of Delegates in 2003 and is serving his third term.
Jon Cardin holds the seat once occupied by his uncle, who served from 1967 until he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986. Ben Cardin was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006.
Jon Cardin earned his undergraduate degree from Tufts University and a law degree from the University of Maryland. He also has master's degrees in policy sciences from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and in Judaic studies from Baltimore Hebrew University.


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The simple bear necessities, forget about your worry and your strife, Yeeeeaaaa Man! I love the Jungle book and can just see Mogali singing that with Baloo. Anyways, sometimes the necessities of life are also those that are necessary to have a safe, productive and fun run. Here are some of my latest things that I think are cool, fun, or just plain cute.
Overton Fitness is selling this handy dandy little belt that is kind of like a new age fanny pack, with much better color selection I might add. Um, hot pink Spibelt anyone? By the way, Spibelt stands for Small Personal Items belt. Way to draw the right attention to yourself while running. The fabric looks super durable as well. This classy little pack is designed and claims not to bounce when you run, which is amazing, since us girls already have enough bouncing to worry about, don't we? What I love about it is that it holds more than just a key or an ipod, but you can also carry your phone, camera, up to 5 GU packets, and it's expandable as well. Talk about packing it all in, Overton fitness thought about all the necessities. This just seems too goo to be true, and I'm hoping to get one as soon as possible because they are inexpensive at only 20 dollars for a non-reflective spibelt and 30 for reflective spiblet. http://www.overtonfitness.com/spibelt.php
Stay tuned for a review of the spibelt.. does it stand up to it's not bouncing claim?
Another thing I love, and you would too, once you got past the wincing pain, is the foam roller. I finally bought one after using a dirty, old, sweaty one at the gym on occasion. Having one to call my own has allowed me to really develop my stretching habits, and helped me to become more flexible, especially loosening up my calfs and hamstrings after a long run. This tool is vastly underused, and is actually simple to use, you might just look a tad bit awkward using it the first few times, but hey awkward is what running is, right? You can find tons of pictures online on how to use it, but I usually use mine mostly for the hamstrings and calfs but rolling my body over it, kind of like a beached whale. Check it out at http://www.performbetter.com/ (hurry, right now they are having a end of season summer sale right now too! )
Though I normally go to Starbucks for a delicious cup of soy Chai to get me through my day, I have recently been chugging down their new Banana Chocolate Blend Vivanno Drink. It's freshly prepared with a whole banana, bittersweet cocoa, 2% milk and Starbuck's own whey protein & fiber powder, and is blended with a little ice. On the way to work in the morning after a workout is just delightful, and there are 21 grams of protein in it and 270 calories. It's a much more cute than sucking down some Muscle Milk (which by the way is the worst packaging ever, you can tell they are marketing to the male population)… or lugging that 42 oz. tub of protein off the top of the fridge. Learn more about the Vivanno drinks and flavors at http://www.starbucks.com/retail/nutrition_info.asp
Ask for it without whip cream, that adds a hefty amount of calories. :)
Lastly, I have two new songs that I am madly in love with. They are what I have been listening too lately to get me pumped up to run.
First off there is Rhianna's Disturbia. I don't know why I love this song, but I do, and it gets me started off on the right pace, and gets me in the mood to run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6zdhHLvT7k (Watch video at your own risk.)
Also, with summer coming to a close, there is a Jerry Mungo song that I like to listen to while running, even though it doesn't really pump me up too much it always puts a smile on my face. It's such a cute, bubbly song and it always makes me bob my head out on a run. I feel like I should be doing hopscotch while listening to it.
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Miss India winners: 1994
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Miss India winners: 1994
1994 was an epochal year for Indian beauty queens internationally. Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe crown in Philippines and in the same year, Aishwarya Rai triumphed in the Miss World title in South Africa. It was a year when even girls from strict families and conservbative small towns were given the go-ahead--even encouraged and goaded---to follow the footsteps of Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai. coaching institutions sprouted all over India to groom girls in pageant participation skills
Miss India Universe - Sushmita Sen
Miss India World - Aishwarya Rai
Miss India International - Francesca Hart
Miss India Asia-Pacific - Swetha Memon
Miss Tourism World Wide - Barkha Madan
Sushmita Sen
Sushmita Sen - Miss Universe 1994 and the first Indian to win the crown - attended a Hindi-medium school until the ninth standard and didn't know a word of English until she was 16. By 18, she had established herself as a model but perhaps not amongst the finest. Euphoria gripped India on May 21, 1994, when, for the first time ever, an Indian girl was crowned Miss Universe. Sushmita Sen born 19 November 1975 in Hyderabad, India. In 1994, at the age of eighteen, Sushmita Sen a former beauty queen was won the title of Miss Universe 1994 contest. She was the first Indian woman to win the competition. Sushmita sen is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Hindi films she has also appeared in few Tamil films. Sushmita Sen, the first ever Indian to win a Miss Universe title in 1994 had her finale outfit stitched by a little-known Meena Bazaar tailor.
Sushmitha Sen plunged into Bollywood in 1996 almost immediately after winning the crown. But the very next year she did her first film in Tamil, 'Ratchagan' opposite Nagarjuna. The big banner much hyped film with the music of A R Rahman was a non-starter. But one remembers her as the 'Shakalaka Baby' of 'Mudhalvan'. That's Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe 1994 who is now a successful actress and an entrepreneur. . While Sushmita Sen bagged almost five Best Supporting Actress awards in her acting tenure,
According to Femina Femina Diffivult to believe considering that her father was an Air Force officer.
Aishwarya Rai
Miss World 1994, Miss India World 1994: Light-eyed beauty Aishwarya Rai made the country proud by winning the Miss World title and became the second Indian to be crowned Miss World in 28 years.
Miss Photogenic Award
Asia & Oceania's Queen of Beauty Award
[According to a source she was awarded the Most Beautiful Miss World ever in the 50 year's pageants history in 2000.] The celestial beauty Aishwarya Rai is proud of India. Aishwarya Rai was born in south of India. The lucky day when Aishwarya rai was born 1st November 1973 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Aishwarya rai daughter of Krishnaraj Rai and Brindya Rai and Sister of Aditya rai.
Aishwarya Rai was very popular even before she made it in films. Remember the Pepsi commercial where Amir Khan does dangerous stunts to get her a Pepsi? Remember the flat stomach advertisement for a television brand? In truth when Sushmitha Sen was crowned Miss India above Aishwarya in 1994 the public was shocked as Ash was more popular with them. How ever Sushmitha Sen won the Miss Universe crown and Aishwaya won the Miss World crown in the same year.
Aishwarya was very particular that she should be launched in films by the one and only Mani Ratnam. So the most beautiful girl of the year had to wait until 1997 and Mani Ratnam launched her in 'Iruvar'. Aishwarya's present stature stemmed from her good decision to care for worthy films and not just any. 'Iruvar' was a serious film and her role was restrained and delicate she had no opportunity to cash her beauty.
With her ambition fulfilled Aishwarya did her second film also in Tamil. Shankar directed 'Jeans' was her first major box office hit. She then went to Bollywood she saw and she conquered. But Aishwarya still has a soft cornered fascination for Tamil. Her last Tamil film was the critically acclaimed 'Kandukonden Kandukonden' in 1999. Even after more than a decade since her last Tamil film Aishwarya is still the most wanted heroine in Kollywood. Bur her status and stature was too big for ordinary films. Rajinikanth wanted her for 'Padayappa' and 'Baba'. He also tried for her to be his 'Chandramuki'. But Aishwarya could not take the offers. But 2010 is going to be her year in Kollywood. The biggest and most anticipated two films of the year are riding on her. Mani Ratnam's 'Raavanan' and Shankar-Rajinikanth's 'Endhiran' are proof to Aishwarya's hold in the industry. After Aishwarya Rai nobody could garner fans and films although they tried hard. Our producers also were keen to cast a beauty only for the glamour quotient and the hype it would generate before the release. Nobody sincerely wanted to give a role of substance to these beautiful girls. Here we don't entirely blame the industry as some beauty queens were more than just duds for Kollywood.
Aishwarya entered films and stormed the silver screen. Aishwarya was awarded the Filmfare Best Actress Award twice, besides several other national and international recognitions. Fondly called Ash in the film circuit, she is married to actor Abhishek Bachchan.
India's Aishwarya Rai and winner of Miss World 1994 title has a Dutch tulip named after her. The orange and yellow edged tulip is one of the Netherlands' most enduring symbols. In 2003, she became the first Indian to make it to the jury of the Cannes Film Festival. The following year she was hailed by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most powerful and influential people the world over.
Francesca Hart
Miss India International - Francesca Hart (No photograph available. Can any reader help? I We believe that Francesca was not able to represent India internationally. No wonder her pictures are not readily available. ndpaedia has managed to get one reasonably clear picture of Francesca Hart with Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen.)
Swetha Menon
Miss India Asia-Pacific - Swetha Menon, semi finalist at Miss Asia-Pacific, 1994
Barkha Madan
Miss Tourism World Wide - Barkha Madan, fourth place, 1994
Maninee De
Maninee De who played the vamp in Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi had won Miss Congeniality in 1994.
Mehroo Turel on that epochal January
Mehroo Turel was one of the beauties who made it to the finals of that historic contest in which every finalist was a world beater. Who can be better than she, with her ringside view, to record memories of that week that changed the relationship of Middle India with beauty contests, and planted India firmer in the international beauty arena on the base prepared by Reita Faria:
"I was selected for the finals after two rigorous rounds of selection in Mumbai and I started getting geared up for the finals of Femina Miss India 1994 which was going to be held in Goa. This time there was a whole lot of publicity associated to the event. We were called for a few sponsored sessions to create more publicity pre-event. I got my dresses, shoes and accessories in place. We still had to do those on our own. Luckily I had my Miss Asia-Pacific wardrobe in place which had cost a fortune, but my mum sponsored me all the way. My sister was another big support as she was constantly guiding me on what to wear, how to wear, the art of make up, how to sit, how to stand, how to talk and whatever associated with it. I was never very good at all this - the acting and flaunting business. I did what came naturally and that was exactly why I did NOT win.
"Finally the day dawned when I had to pack my bags and leave for Goa. All the girls were to meet at a specific point at the airport. Vanity cases, strollers, the click of heels are some of the things I can still remember from that day. Another thing I can never forget is that face. The face that stood out from all others at the airport. There was minimal make up and yet one would want to turn around and grab a second look at her. If you haven't guessed already I am talking about Aishwarya Rai. I had met her a couple of times before that during some modelling assignments, when she was still a struggling model like most of us. She would always keep to herself and be chaperoned by her mum. But then suddenly one fine day she shot to fame and her face was plastered on most big-time brands! Having her as a contestant amongst us relatively unknown faces, just didn't seem fair!
"By the time we reached our hotel, I got a sense that this was NOT going to be one of the most memorable experiences of my life. Fun time was over, as I could sense competition in the air. Girls who had otherwise been friendly in the aircraft had suddenly gone mute, the camaraderie fading away, the organisers shouting out instructions. I didn't have much time to analyse as we we were asked to freshen up and meet again in the lobby for some photoshoot. Some girls from other towns and cities had taken connecting flights to Bombay and had been on their feet for more than 24 hours! We were all exhausted. After that all that I can remember is a blur of rehearsals, video shoots, interspersed with the sub-contests organised. The Miss 10, Miss Vivacious, Miss Congeniality - the more these contests took place, the more I realised that I was really not prepared for this world of glamour, the world of showing off what you are not. At the breakfast buffet while I would merrily fill my plate with bread buns, jam and omelette, others would be picking at fruits or having healthy juices. While I would roam around wearing causal shorts to beat the heat, some others would be wearing full make up and gowns! I tried my best to fit in, but within a day or two I just wanted to go back home. I felt very much out of place and homesick.
"The feeling of unfairness also kept building up as we saw most of the judges talking Aishwarya and greeting her during the sub-contests and it came as no surprise when she won one of them! During those few days in Goa I barely interacted with her. After the rehearsals most of the girls would retreat to their rooms while I would be pacing around trying to befriend someone, anyone! While I didn't pay much attention to the final winner - Sushmita Sen, I do remember her smoking quite a bit behind the scenes. But she always looked focused, practising her poise, her diction, while I was whiling away my time, waiting to go home!
January 16, 1994
"The day of the event. There were butterflies in my tummy since that morning as I tried hard to look cool and composed. We went through our rehearsals one last time and then everyone started getting ready. As against the previous Miss India contests, make up and hair stylists were provided for us. My mother along with my sister and her fiancé had arrived in Goa the night before. At least someone will clap for me in the audience, I thought!
"Now to be honest I don't remember the exact sequence of events that night. We had four rounds. Each round had its own elimination taking place based some some criteria given. I was pleasantly surprised when I coasted through the first two rounds, confidence building each time. In round three which was Q&A round, I was pleased to get my all-time favourite actor, Rishi Kapoor as the one on the judges to ask me a question. His question was "If you had to choose between two men, one rich but ugly and the other poor and handsome which one would you choose and why?" Now a smart Ms. India finalist who knew the ways and means of this contest would have selected a 'poor but smart' option adding that she would toil hard by his side day and night to make ends meet! I, however was an honest girl who hadn't done her home work well and my reply was instantaneous - rich and ugly, already making a mental note that we could do plastic surgery on his face with all that money! The crowd gave a decent applause. Either they were delighted with an honest answer or laughing at my stupidity. I was selected for the next round.
"I was in the top 10 contestants round feeling very happy and confident on stage, making a mental note of buying very high heels next time as I felt dwarfed next to a 5'9" girl. I don't remember much about this round where I am sure I must have failed at the Q&A, as I never made it to the last round of 5. Later on I found out from my score that I had stood sixth, after Shweta Menon. Watch me on this rare and only video of my contest where I am present. Mehroo Turel/ YouTube
"I was very disappointed and tried my best not to show it, laughing it out with the other girls who had lost. Now that the contest was over, gone were the plastic masks replaced by girlish giggles. Some couldn't hold back the tears, others consoled. We found a common factor in our failure and gave each other sympathy and comfort. We went backstage to try and see the final round. The girls who made it to the top 5 were Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya Rai, Shweta Menon, Jasmeet Randhawa and Francesca Hart. It was the Q&A round which turned out had a tie for the first two places! It was Sushmita in a tie with Aishwarya and now the tie-breaker question was being asked.
"Finally it was time for the results to be announced. In the reverse order Miss India Asia Pacific crown went to Francesca Hart who was a tall, sweet looking girl from North India. I got to learn later that she couldn't go for the International contest and that Shweta Menon was sent in her place. After that the Miss India World winner was announced. We all held our breath and were completely shocked when Aishwarya's name was called. It took us a whole minute to realise that she was not the winner of the big crown after all. The Miss India Universe 1994 is Miss Sushmita Sen! The drama wasn't over yet as minutes later a tearful Aishwarya came running to the dressing room and was soon surrounded by her bunch of professional friends ready to console her. Having had enough excitement for a day I walked out into the crowd looking for my mother."
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Now for you to understand the full feeling of relief, I have to give you a little history. The spot in which my husband and I are sitting use to be a fish pond. Probably a magnificent one in it's hay day. The only photo of the pond I could find was the one from when we bought the house.
Now, I have to say, this photo was taken probably long before the house was ever on the market. When we moved in, the pond liner was ripped, so it would only fill half way (it was about 3 1/2 feet deep), the electricity to pump and filter was not functioning, so it was a giant mosquito trap that no matter how much mosquito killer stuff I put into it, it didn't matter. So, since I had to regrade the flower beds in the front yard, I filled it in with dirt.
So this is pretty much what it looked like for the past few years. We decided to take all the stone that was used for the fish pond and make it a patio. What we didn't expect, HOW MUCH STONE WAS THERE!!! In some spots, we dug up three layers of stone. We have enough stone to do a full walkway from our covered patio near the back door out to the stone patio and then some.
We cleared the area, staked it out and invited over our friend Lex to help. Meet the help! Hubby and Lex.
Friday afternoon/night, Matt marked out in the lawn the shape of the patio so I could use my mad crazy awesome tetris skills to layout the stones, so we would have some idea of how to piece it all together when it came time.
I moved most of those stones by myself. I can't believe I could lift half of those!
Saturday, Matt and I spent the morning running around and doing our typical weekend chores, like grocery shopping and picked up some last minute supplies. Then in the afternoon, Lex showed up and we all started working. Most of the work was done Sunday.
I labeled all the stones with chalk. I numbered them and made orientation lines, so when moving the stones from our mock patio to the real patio, we would know how they went. It worked fairly well.
While I did that, the boys leveled the patio area, rented a plate compactor to level out the soil. Added decomposed granite and plate compacted it again. Then it was my show. We added our layer of sand and I played tetris with all our stones. I had to make a few adjustments, but all in all, not bad!
By mid-morning on Monday, all the stones were set in sand. We had accomplished all the hard tasks. Now we just needed mix up a sand and soil mixture to sweep between the stones.
Normally you would just use sand, but we were planning on putting stepable herbs between some of the stones. They need some nutrients.
For the stepables, we picked up lemon thyme, lavender thyme and corsican mint. They all smell heavenly! The added bonus, the mint is suppose to help repel mosquitoes!
Before I planted the herbs, I swept my mixture into all the cracks between the stones and watered it in. Then I planted the herbs, added more mixture to sweep in and watered it down again.
I planted the mint under where the firepit table and chairs would be because it is the lowest growing. Both thymes were planted on the edge, because it can grow up to around 6-8 inches. The guy from the garden center told me that if it got too high we could just mow it. Awesome!
And now it was done! We kicked back, enjoyed a beer and relaxed at a job well done, that was finally done!
We have some plans for a few more decorative touches around the new patio. One of the first on the list, to fix that walkway and get it to match!
(p.s. if you look at the fence in the last pic under the Texas flag, that is most of the stone we have left over, it's a lot!)
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You can watch NASA give the moon a one-two punch
(AP) -- NASA will throw a one-two punch at the big old moon Friday and the whole world will have ringside seats for the lunar dust-up.
NASA will send a used-up spacecraft slamming into the moon's south pole to kick up a massive plume of lunar dirt and then scour it to see if there's any water or ice spraying up. The idea is to confirm the theory that water - a key resource if people are going to go back to the moon - is hidden below the barren moonscape.
The crashing spaceship was launched in June along with an orbiter that's now mapping the lunar surface. LCROSS - short for Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite and pronounced L-Cross - is on a collision course with the moon, attached to an empty 2.2-ton rocket that helped get the probe off the ground.
Thursday evening, about 10 hours before smashing into the moon, LCROSS and its empty rocket will separate.
Then comes the first part of the lunar assault. At 7:31 a.m. EDT, the larger empty rocket will crash into a permanently dark crater and kick up a 6.2 mile high spray of debris.
Trailing just behind that rocket is the LCROSS satellite itself, beaming back to Earth live pictures of the impact and the debris plume using color cameras. It will scour for ice, fly through the debris cloud and then just four minutes later take the fatal plunge itself, triggering a dust storm one-third the size of the first hit.
"This is going to be pretty cool," LCROSS project manager Dan Andrews told The Associated Press. "We'll be going right down into it. Seeing the moon come up at you is pretty spectacular."
Within an hour, scientists will know whether water was hiding there or not.
The mission is a set-the-stage venture dreamed up by the NASA office that has been working on a $100 billion program to eventually return astronauts to the moon. The return-to-the-moon goal is now being re-examined by NASA and the White House.
These are not crashes for the faint of heart. The two ships will smash into the moon at 5,600 mph, more than seven times the speed of sound. The explosion will have the force of 1.5 tons of TNT and throw 772,000 pounds of lunar dirt out of the crater. It will create a new crater - inside an old one - about half the size of an Olympic swimming pool, Andrews said.
But don't feel bad for the moon. It gets crashes this size about four times a month from space rocks. But the difference is this one is planned and at just the right angle and location to provide interesting science for astronomers. The southern polar region is a prime landing possibility. This crater, called Cabeus, is one where astronomers think there is a good chance of hidden ice that would be freed by the crash, describing the dirt there as "fluffy."
The crashes will also be a good show for the folks back home, which was always part of NASA's plan for the probe, Andrews said. The crashes will be broadcast live on NASA's Web site. The Hubble Space Telescope and other larger Earth telescopes will be trained at the moon. Observatories and museums are planning viewing parties in at least three countries.
And amateur astronomy buffs with telescopes who live west of the Mississippi may try to catch a glimpse of it through their own instruments because it will still be dark outside. People who live in areas where it will be daylight won't be able to see it from home telescopes.
"A lot of telescopes will be tuning in," said Terry Mann, president of the Astronomical League, an umbrella group for local amateur astronomy societies. "You might see something you might not ever see again."
Amateurs need at least a 10-inch telescope to look at the crashes and what they see will only be a small part of their overall view in the scope. And they won't see the impact itself, but the spray of debris flying up.
This is all happening during a peak week in a yearlong celebrations commemorating the 400th anniversary of Galileo using a telescope to see Jupiter's moons. On Wednesday evening, the White House planned a star party for middle schoolers and about two dozen telescopes.
In Boulder, Colo., the Fiske Planetarium on Friday will serve free bagels and coffee to early rising moon crash spectators. The planetarium plans to stream a live video feed from NASA, train its own 24-inch telescope to watch the crash, and let people look for themselves through two research-grade telescopes.
"People like explosions one way or another," said Matt Benjamin, the planetarium's education programs manager. "And a celestial explosion is going to excite them."
On the Net
NASA's LCROSS site: http://www.nasa.gov/mission(underscore)pages/LCROSS/main/index.html
Where to observe LCROSS crash: http://www.nasa.gov/mission(underscore)pages/LCROSS/impact/index.html
How to view with own telescope: http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/observation/amateur.htm
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Of all the things I had anticipated about being a new mama — the sleep deprivation, the fact that sometimes babies cry for no reason, whatsoever, that they look ridiculously cute things that are too big on them — at least one of the things that I hadn't considered was, well, the Itch. The one you get at the end of your nose nearly the second after you start feeding the baby and have not a finger free to scratch it.
It's not always an itch, though. Sometimes it's a just a bit of water that you need — just a sip! from that glass just two feet in front of you! Oh, how you would do anything for that sip of water! But a lot of times these days, it's a recipe. I can't help it. I have so little time to cook and yet these recipe ideas are getting louder and louder in my head… winter salads and tangy pies and buttery leeks and funky salsas and I have more dishes than I could cook in two hundred nap times, it seems, nonetheless in the 15 minutes of a single one that is left after I have both scratched my nose and taken that sweet, sweet sip of water.
So, I keep a list. I jot all of these ideas down and I arrange them according to urgency and to keep myself sane, I only look at the top item at any one time and try to plot my course accordingly. A couple weeks ago, it was a faintly gingerbread-spiced bread pudding with chunks of apples, studded with plumped raisins and on our next trip to the market, I bought some apples and on another trip, Alex bought some raisins and we hit up one of those Ukrainian restaurants in our neighborhood for some of their homemade challah and on another run I remembered to buy some milk and eggs and finally, 9 days and 14 hours and 26 minutes (or so) after I had started dreaming of a fall bread pudding that could be dessert or decadent breakfast or just something to make our apartment smell so ungodly awesome, it even mesmerizes its tiniest inhabitant, I had this one in front of me.
And — thank god — it was totally worth the wait.
One year ago: Cauliflower Salad with Green Olives and Capers, Onion Tart with Mustard and Fennel and Silky Smooth Pumpkin Pie
Two years ago: Simplest Apple Tart and Black Bean Pumpkin Soup
Three years ago: Shrimp Cocktail, Artichoke Potato Gratin, Chocolate Stout Cake and Couscous and Feta-Stuffed Peppers
Raisin-Studded Apple Bread Pudding
Adapted from Melissa Murphy and David Page via Food & Wine
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1 pound bakery white or challah bread, crusts removed, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 cup (6 ounces) golden raisins, plumped in hot water for 15 minutes
3 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups whole milk
2 tablespoons unsulfured molasses
1/4 cup sliced almonds
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spread the bread cubes on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 6 minutes, until crisp. Transfer to a bowl and add the apple and raisins.
Generously butter either a 9×13-inch deep baking dish or six 8-ounce ramekins. If using ramekins, set them on the baking sheet.
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan's GOP convention blessing prompts debate
(RNS) The news that New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the nation's most prominent Catholic prelate, will deliver the closing blessing to the Republican National Convention in Florida next week was seen as a huge coup for Mitt Romney, the party's presumptive nominee. But the move has also prompted a sharp debate within the church over the increasingly close ties between leading bishops and the GOP.
"The cozy relationship between a sizable portion of U.S. bishops and the Republican Party should be cause for concern, and not just among progressive Catholics," Michael O'Loughlin wrote in a post on the website of America magazine, a leading Catholic weekly published by the Jesuits.
"Cardinal Dolan's appearance in Tampa will damage the church's ability to be a moral and legitimate voice for voiceless, as those who view the Catholic Church as being a shill for the GOP have just a bit more evidence to prove their case," O'Loughlin concluded.
Similarly, David Cruz-Uribe, a member of the Secular Franciscan Order and a professor of mathematics at Trinity College, wrote on the Vox Nova blog that Dolan's decision "will only drag the Church further into a partisan divide and fuel the perception (true or not) that the Catholic Church wants to replace the Episcopalians as the Republican party on its knees."
Conservative Catholics have, not surprisingly, welcomed Dolan's appearance and hope it augurs well for Romney.
"I now predict that if Mitt Romney wins the White House in 2012 there will be a very healthy relationship between a Romney administration and the U.S. Bishops, led by a close working relationship between Cardinal Dolan and President Romney," said Thomas Peters, who writes for CatholicVote.org, which has endorsed Romney and his Catholic running mate, Paul Ryan.
Romney disclosed the news of Dolan's planned blessing on Wednesday (Aug. 22) during an interview on the conservative Catholic cable channel EWTN. He did so in the context of a discussion about his shared opposition with the bishops to the Obama administration's controversial birth control mandate.
By tradition, the local bishop often delivers a prayer at the party convention meeting in his city, but it is highly unusual for another bishop – and the leader of the hierarchy – to fly in to deliver a benediction, as Dolan will do on Aug. 30, right after Romney is formally nominated.
Philadelphia's Cardinal John Krol did so in 1972 when he was president of the bishops' conference and went to Miami for the Republican convention that nominated Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew. But that seems to be the only modern precedent.
Whether Dolan's appearance will have any actual effect in swinging Catholic voters to Romney is unclear. Obama is holding a slim lead among Catholics at this point, and Catholics often ignore the hierarchy's advice on political matters.
Dolan's spokesman has sought to portray the cardinal's appearance as purely nonpartisan: "It's as a priest going to pray," said Joseph Zwilling, director of communications for the Archdiocese of New York.
Zwilling reiterated that point in a statement released on Thursday, and added that Dolan "would be willing to accept a similar offer from the Democratic Party as well."
But the Democrats seem unlikely to extend an invitation to Dolan, who is among dozens of Catholic leaders suing the administration over the contraception mandate. It's also very possible that Dolan would not receive a warm welcome when the Democrats hold their convention in Charlotte, N.C., a week after the GOP nominates Romney in Tampa, Fla.
Dolan and the bishops have become increasingly critical of Obama as policy differences over gay marriage and abortion rights have provided ammunition for fierce rhetorical blasts from many bishops and their allies, who have compared Obama to a totalitarian dictator, or worse.
Earlier this month, Baltimore Archbishop William P. Lori, an up-and-coming voice in the hierarchy who has led the campaign against the administration's contraception policy, gave an interview that was widely viewed as indicating that a good Catholic could not vote for a candidate who supports abortion rights, as Obama does.
At the same time, Romney's selection of Ryan as his running mate has brought an outpouring of praise from several bishops. Some of them like Ryan's proposals on cutting entitlements and taxes, despite the conflict that other bishops see between those policies and Catholic teaching.
Others, like Dolan, who was archbishop of Milwaukee before coming to New York in 2009, have close personal ties to Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman. Dolan has often taken a softer line on Ryan's policies than other Catholic leaders, and his praise has grown as Ryan's visibility has increased.
Dolan recently told a radio program that he is "happy" Ryan is on the GOP ticket and called him a "great public servant."
"We go way back, Congressman Paul Ryan and I," Dolan said. "I came to know and admire him immensely. And I would consider him a friend. He and his wife Janna and their three kids have been guests in my house; I've been a guest at their house. They're remarkably upright, refreshing people."
Ryan's own bishop, Robert Morlino of the Diocese of Madison, has also emerged as a strong defender of Ryan's Catholic bona fides.
Morlino wrote a column this month expressing pride in Ryan's "accomplishments as a native son, and a brother in the faith." And on Tuesday he told a radio program that Ryan is an "excellent Catholic layman of the very highest integrity" who "understands the principles of Catholic social teaching" and applies them "very responsibly."
There was at least one bit of good news for Catholic Democrats this week, however. Organizers of next month's Values Voter Summit in Washington, a major political rally for the religious right, announced that Cardinal Dolan had been invited to speak. But Zwilling said that wouldn't happen.
"He has not received an invitation as far as we can tell," Zwilling said. "In any event, he is not going."